Programme

Oct

15

Oct

16

Registration, Refreshments, Exhibition and Networking
08:30  to  09:00
Welcome to BPA conference 2025
09:00  to  09:30 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Doug Bannister. Chair. British Ports Association.
Martyn Boyers. CEO. Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises.
Paul Litten. Head of Commercial. Associated British Ports.
Business and Market Update
09:30  to  10:30 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Doug Bannister. CEO. Port of Dover.
Stephen Taylor. Director and co-founder. Port Centric Logistics Partners (PCLP).
David Browne. Director - Corporate and Social Affairs. Maersk.
Paul Kharbanda. Head of Markets for South region. Lloyds Bank.
Paul Litten. Head of Commercial. Associated British Ports.
Break and Exhibition
10:30  to  11:15
Zühlke Insight Hub | How AI Brings Your Port Vision to Life Interactive Insight Workshop
10:55  to  11:15 v Plowright, First Floor

Digital transformation in ports often starts with bold ambitions but can lose momentum amid operational realities like fragmented systems, congestion, and complex workflows.

In this interactive 25-minute session, discover how AI can cut through that complexity and help turn your port’s vision into action. Using live audience input, AI prototyping tools, and examples from Zühlke’s existing Airport clients and Port Operations Demo, we’ll show how common challenges — from berth planning to yard and traffic management can be reimagined as data-driven, AI-enabled workflows.

Designed for port innovators, planners, and operators, this interactive workshop helps you pinpoint high-impact opportunities for early AI pilots using proven AWS building blocks.

Expect to take part, not just listen, and walk away with a clearer view of what’s possible, plus new ideas to make your port’s digital future visible today.

Speakers:
Adam Cole. Transformation Director. Zuhlke.
Carolyn Warburton. Principal Business Consultant. Zuhlke.
Safety Culture Keynote Address
11:15  to  11:35 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speaker:
Debbie Cavaldoro. CEO. Port Skills and Safety.
Fireside Chat: Safety and Fishing Ports
11:35  to  12:05 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Kevin Robinson. Fishing Port Safety Manager. PSS.
Pamela Neri. Commercial Manager. Fraserburgh Harbour.
Martyn Boyers. CEO. Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises.
Innovation in Safety (TT Club)
12:05  to  12:20 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Martyn Boyers. CEO. Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises.
Harry Palmer. Risk Assessment Manager. TT Club.
Lunch and Exhibition
12:20  to  14:00

Lunch: A Taste of Italy 

  • Chicken pomodoro, pesto dressed roasted new potatoes (GF), 
  • Prawn and chilli linguine, roasted lemon and fennel, 
  • Vegetable lasagne, garlic bread and grated parmesan (V),
  • Pizza selection (V) (VE) (GF)

 

Dessert

  • Tiramisu (V),
  • Vanilla bean pannacotta (V),
  • Seasonal fruit platter (GF) (VE)

 

Mott MacDonald Insight Hub | Hub Quiz: Harbour of Knowledge​
13:00  to  13:20 v Plowright, First Floor

Think you know about energy, carbon, and sustainable ports? Now’s your chance to prove it.


Join Mott MacDonald—leaders in low-carbon infrastructure and green port innovation—for a fast-paced quiz that blends insight with competition. Test your knowledge, win prizes, and connect with peers driving the future of sustainable maritime operations.

Will you be crowned BPA 2025 Hub Quiz champion?

Speakers:
Rose Richardson. Project Director – Maritime. Mott MacDonald.
Rosa Rotko. Project Director – Energy Transformation. Mott MacDonald.
From Offshore Wind to Shore Power: What is the Role of Public Funding in Port Development?
14:00  to  14:50 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Sarah West. CEO. Harwich Haven Authority.
Miles Carden MRICS. CEO. Falmouth Harbour.
David Gwynne. Director. National Wealth Fund.
Colin Monk. CEO. Littlehampton Harbour.
Mark Stoner. Chief Finance Director. Port of Tyne.
Hot Topic: Modernising Ports: Is It Time to Abolish HRO's?
14:55  to  15:15 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Sarah West. CEO. Harwich Haven Authority.
Lara Moore. Partner. Ashfords.
Break and Exhibition
15:15  to  15:45
Transforming Ports: AI, Automation and the Next Wave of Innovation
15:45  to  16:30 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speakers:
Chair: Richard Allan. Harbour Master and Chief Executive. Cattewater Harbour Plymouth.
Alan McPherson. Chief Harbour Master. UKHMA and Forth.
Keith Johnstone. Assistant Director. Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Tobi Menzies. Director of Market Development. Corepower Energy.
Invitation to Party Underwater at The Deep
16:30  to  16:35 v Tennyson Suite, Ground Floor
Speaker:
Martyn Boyers. CEO. Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises.

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